The Dodgers and San Francisco square off on Tuesday night in game two of a four-game set that has both NL West and Wild Card implications.

With a win on Monday in game one the Los Angeles Dodgers extended the NL West while Hurting San Francisco’s chances in the NL Wild Card.

Can the Giants regroup and make a run at the NL West or will Los Angeles continue try to separate from San Francisco while hurting the Giants’ playoff hopes?

We’ll find out more to this answer on Tuesday night.

Los Angeles Dodgers

In game one the Dodgers couldn’t get past a phenomenal Madison Bumgarner despite Kershaw’s best effort but rallied in the ninth to come from behind and steal a 2-1 victory from San Francisco.

Looking ahead to game two they will send Rich Hill to the mound, and he has been absolutely fantastic in 2016 and a main part in making the Dodgers’ staff a brutal force.

With a 12-4 record and 2.06 ERA and a recent near-perfect game, Hill may be making a late-season bid for the NL Cy Young Award and looks primed to help lead the Dodgers to what will hopefully be — at least for them — a deep postseason run.

Corey Seager continues to rake for the Dodgers and Adrian Gonzalez has had a nice time of late along with the rest of Los Angeles’ offense.

Fortunately for a team that has scored over four runs just twice in their past seven games their pitching staff is more than capable of limiting opponents.

San Francisco Giants

After splitting a four-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals the Giants relied on the extremely reliable Bumgarner to secure a win but could not finish the game as they dropped a heartbreaker in the ninth.

Though they may have a bit too much room to make up to take the NL West (depending on their series against LA), the Giants find themselves in a battle with St. Louis and New York for the NL Wild Card in a race that is looking like it may come down to Game 162.

With such importance tied to every game at the end of the year expect SF to throw everything they’ve got at the Dodgers in hopes of establishing some late season momentum en route to the playoffs.

Opposing Rich Hill on the bump will be Johnny Cueto, who will be looking for his 17th win on the year after compiling a 16-5 record with a 2.86 ERA to date.

Look for him to continue his impressive season against a Los Angeles offense that can struggle against top pitching.

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The Giants has won 12 games in Johnny Cueto’s past 16 starts on the road

Cueto is 3-2 in his last 5 starts

Hill is 3-1 since joining the Dodgers

Free San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers MLB Prediction:

If you’re a fan of pitching you’re in luck in this one. With Rich Hill going for the Dodgers and Cueto for the Giants expect runs to be at a premium on Tuesday night. And despite the season

Hill has compiled so far I’m taking the Giants in this one.

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These two teams are well-suited for postseason runs. Unfortunately for the Giants they are in the thick of things in the NL Wild Card and still uncertain about whether or not this even season will result in yet another World Series Title.

Expect Johnny Cueto to be in prime form on Tuesday night as the Giants take down the Dodgers in game two of four.

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